Former San Francisco Giants star Will Clark makes good

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 27: Fan Charlie Hughes hugs Sergio Romo #54 of the San Francisco Giants after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the game against the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Park on May 27, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 27: Fan Charlie Hughes hugs Sergio Romo #54 of the San Francisco Giants after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the game against the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Park on May 27, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)

Former Giants star Will Clark will make good on a year-old promise Tuesday night.

When Clark addressed the crowd at a charity event last, he made a promise to Charlie Hughes, another speaker at the event. Hughes, 25, will throw out the first pitch when the Giants play the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night at AT&T Park.

“I saw Charlie give a speech last year at Hope Services and he got up and told everyone how he benefited from the organization. He actually introduced me and I followed him up,” Clark said.

“Public speaking is tough, especially for a young man with autism to get up in front of a big crowd and speak as well as he did? He did a great job.

Hughes is a twin who weighed just two pounds when he was born prematurely and spent the first nine months of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit. He says he’s a longtime Giants fan and credits his second-grade teacher, Sue Garadis, for using box score stats from Giants games as a way to teach him math.

He says he’s not sure how he won Clark’s heart, but he’s glad the two of them connected at a reception the night before the breakfast.

“He’s a huge Giants fan, and I told him we’d try to get him out on the field to throw out a first pitch,” Clark said. “Even though it didn’t happen last year, I stayed in touch with him and we made it happen this year.”

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